AnupdatededitionofaclassicAfricanAmericanautobiography,withnewsupplementarymaterialsThepreeminentAmericanslavenarrativefirstpublishedin1845,FrederickDouglass’sNarrativepowerfullydetailsthelifeoftheabolitionistfromhisbirthintoslaveryin1818tohisescapetotheNorthin1838,howheenduredthedailyphysicalandspiritualbrutalitiesofhisownersanddriver,howhelearnedtoreadandwrite,andhowhegrewintoamanwhocouldonlylivefreeordie.InadditiontoDouglass’sclassicautobiography,thisneweditionalsoincludeshismostfamousspeech“WhattotheSlaveIstheFourthofJuly?“andhisonlyknownworkoffiction,TheHeroicSlave,whichwaswritten,inpart,asaresponsetoHarrietBeecherStowe’sUncleTom’sCabin.Formorethansixty-fiveyears,PenguinhasbeentheleadingpublisherofclassicliteratureintheEnglish-speakingworld.Withmorethan1,500titles,PenguinClassicsrepresentsaglobalbookshelfofthebestworksthroughouthistoryandacrossgenresanddisciplines.Readerstrusttheseriestoprovideauthoritativetextsenhancedbyintroductionsandnotesbydistinguishedscholarsandcontemporaryauthors,aswellasup-to-datetranslationsbyaward-winningtranslators.
FREDERICKDOUGLASS DOUGLASS AMERICAN LIFE
